How to Use nudge in a Sentence

nudge

verb
Definition of nudgenext
Synonyms for nudgenext
  • The dog nudged the ball with his nose.
  • He nudged me and pointed to the deer.
  • I nudged the plate closer to him.
  • The price of gold has nudged a little higher.
  • The guard nudged the prisoner forward.
  • The salesman nudged her into testing out the car.
  • Album sales are nudging the one million mark.
  • If it was nudged, the whole shot would have to be done again.
    — Christian Holub, EW.com, 20 Apr. 2023
  • Light south winds nudge highs into the mid-50s to near 60.
    — David Streit, Washington Post, 14 Nov. 2023
  • Schenker would nudge him on which parts to step it up and cut loose more on the bass.
    — Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 11 June 2022
  • Once, in the 1930s, as part of an Iowa State Fair stunt, folks nudged a Guernsey cow onto the plane.
    — Marc Bona, cleveland, 18 Aug. 2023
  • Nooyi soon nudged her to take her career to the next level.
    — Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 23 May 2024
  • Changing the venue to a more private place might at least nudge you out of your rut.
    — Tarot.com, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2024
  • The San Diego group pulled even with Las Vegas last fall, then nudged ahead over the winter.
    — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 May 2023
  • For her, the option to work part of her job remotely nudged her to return to the world of work.
    — Prarthana Prakash, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2023
  • When that didn't work, a nearby customer used their cart to nudge it out the door, Palmer said.
    — Emma Stein, Detroit Free Press, 4 Nov. 2022
  • In a bright spot, sales in Latin America nudged up just 0.3%.
    — Francisco Velasquez, Quartz, 31 July 2024
  • At 300 miles per hour, Captain Pardo nudged his plane’s glass windshield against the tip of the pole.
    — Trip Gabriel, New York Times, 21 Dec. 2023
  • Wander too far off of the playable path and a gentle breeze will nudge you backwards.
    — Kris Holt, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
  • That nudged down the annual increase from 5.3% to 5.1%, a more than two-year low.
    — Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 11 July 2024
  • This will, in turn, prompt your daughter to nudge him to say something nice at the next meal — for her sake, at least.
    — Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 9 Dec. 2022
  • The bandmembers then nudged the fan back toward the stage exit.
    — Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 26 July 2024
  • For the last decade or so, Amelia Mathison’s friends have been nudging her.
    — Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 18 Sep. 2023
  • Even Lux, whose move to second base nudged Betts to shortstop, still can bounce throws from there.
    — Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2024
  • The approach taken in the USA has been to try to nudge their motives, to align them with that interest.
    — Brad Templeton, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2023
  • Richie even chimed in a time or two, nudging Lawson to stay on tempo or pitch.
    — Mary Colurso | McOlurso@al.com, al, 20 Mar. 2023
  • When a woman next to him in the jury box starts snoring, Gladden nudges her.
    — Diane Bell, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Apr. 2023
  • The killer whales are also seen nudging the boat's rudders.
    — Morgan Winsor, ABC News, 23 June 2023
  • This election is so, so close that anything that can nudge a voter to show up counts for something.
    — Brady Dale, Axios, 17 Oct. 2024
  • Services inflation also nudged higher to 4% in October, from 3.8% in the previous month.
    — Sophie Kiderlin, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2024

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